This book provides "ammunition" for White chess players wishing to open with 1 d4 and 2 c4. A solid, agressive style is presented and well-known players' moves from famous tournaments are cited throughout as examples. The author is a Grand Master. He has also written "An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player".
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b&w illustrations, bibliography
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Höhe: 214 mm
Breite: 137 mm
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978-0-7134-4238-0 (9780713442380)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Queen's gambit: Chigorin's defence; Albin counter-gambit; Queen's gambit accepted; Queen's gambit declined Tarrasch defence; Queen's gambit declined orthodox; Queen's gambit declined Slav. Part 2 1d4 knightf6 2 c4 - Indian defences: old Indian; King's Indian; Grunfeld; Nimzo-Indian. Part 3 1 d4 knight f6 2 c4 - gambits and ..c5 defences: Budapest gambit; Benko gambit; Czech Benoni; modern Benoni. Part 4 1 d4 - asymmetrical and unusual defences: modern defence; Dutch defence; English defence; miscellaneous. Part 5 The top ten with 1 d4!: the 1 d4 Oscars; Svetozar Gligoric; Akiba Rubinstein; Samuel Reshevsky; Lajos Portisch; Viktor Korchnoi; Tigran Petrosian; Harry Nelson Pillsbury; Mikhail Botvinnik; Alexander Alekhine; Gary Kasparov.
